Child support orders help to ensure that children have the essentials for a safe and comfortable upbringing. The courts look at the allocation of parenting time and the income of the parents, as well as the standard of living during their relationship, to determine...
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Co-Parenting After Divorce
3 types of rules that facilitate peaceful co-parenting
When parents with minor children divorce or separate, they usually share custody. They have to find ways to share parental rights and responsibilities. They usually each have a certain amount of parenting time, as well as shared legal authority over the children....
How the courts can help enforce child support orders
Child support is a legal means of enforcing a parent's ethical responsibility to their children. When parents do not live together to raise their children, the courts can order one parent to provide financial support. The bigger the gap between the incomes of the...
3 tips for explaining child custody to your child
Going through a divorce with a child can make the process even more challenging. In addition to coping with the new reality, you have to watch your child try to wrap their head around what's going on. Nonetheless, ensuring your child is well-informed about relevant...
Is your teen anxious or depressed because of your divorce?
Divorce is hard on everyone. With that said, it is well known that for many teenagers, the emotional impacts of this transition can be especially intense. Adolescents are already navigating complex changes in their lives—social pressures, academic demands and personal...
Will solo flights for your child be part of co-parenting?
If you and your ex or soon-to-be ex will be residing in different parts of the country or if one of you will be living and working abroad, your child custody agreement and parenting plan may involve your child flying alone on occasion (or more frequently) between your...
Can child support help cover college expenses?
Raising children into successful adults can cost parents hundreds of thousands of dollars or more. In addition to meeting the basic needs of their children, such as nutrition, shelter and medical care, parents also have to think about their education. Depending on the...
Hope after the storm: healing from parental alienation
Parental alienation is not a new concept, yet in recent years, psychology has shed light on this phenomenon and courts now understand more about what it means in the context of divorce, child custody and how it works. What is parental alienation? Parental alienation...
Statistics on child support payments
If you owe child support, receive these payments or expect to find yourself in this position soon because your relationship with your child's other parent has ended, it is pivotal to go over a number of issues. Aside from reviewing factors courts use to calculate...
What to do when your child is a victim of parental alienation
While many parents put as much energy as possible into shielding their children from the effects of divorce, others neglect their emotional and psychological well-being or even use them as tools of vengeance or fighting. One tactic commonly used is parental...
